Notable for explosive storms of furious metal, giant, stadium-crumbling anthems
and good-time, pop-punk pogo-frenzies, Asking Alexandria grew from screeching,
adolescent emo upstarts into one of the UK's most successful modern hard rock
groups.
Guitarist Ben Bruce was originally born in South London but moved to Dubai as a
child and started the band with friends after discovering metal icons like
Metallica and Pantera and 1990s pop punk acts such as Green Day and Papa Roach.
At the age of 17 he headed back to the UK with the band but, after recording one
album together, the ...